After four hours of negotiations, officers surrounding an Iowa home Thursday heard a single gunshot from inside.The man inside the home at 1116 Mitchell St. was found with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.Hardin County Sheriff's Office officials said the incident started at 8 a.m. when Ackley police and Hardin County deputies approached the house to make an arrest on a domestic abuse charge and violation of a no contact order.Officers said the man met them at the door with a gun.The officers said they retreated and called for assistance. Authorities later identified the man as David Hogan, 44, of Ackley.The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has been called to conduct the investigation.

ACKLEY, Iowa —

After four hours of negotiations, officers surrounding an Iowa home Thursday heard a single gunshot from inside.

The man inside the home at 1116 Mitchell St. was found with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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Hardin County Sheriff's Office officials said the incident started at 8 a.m. when Ackley police and Hardin County deputies approached the house to make an arrest on a domestic abuse charge and violation of a no contact order.

Officers said the man met them at the door with a gun.

The officers said they retreated and called for assistance.

Authorities later identified the man as David Hogan, 44, of Ackley.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has been called to conduct the investigation.